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, 1887-04-15

In a paper entitl d THE Handwriting
of the Insane, recently read in Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Henry Hazlehurst said that
the giving way of the mind i'll an edu-
Gated person was often shown in bad
spelling, blotting, frequent erasures, the
absurd use OF ~pare,theses, italicization
and understanding III excess. Insane
pride and obstinacy tal'e to capitals, and.
1t is said, make frequent use of the letter
''P, which ecomes perfectly enormous.
Many OF these indicia were 10 be found
in the handwriting of cx. Sheriff Rowan.
who recently became insane. In him,
too, was noted another popularity, a
tendency to commence at the right in
stead OF the left hand side of the paper,
this being carried 50 far that he would
not leave himself ON the paper to
complete even his signature New York
Sun.
, 1887-04-15
MATCHMAKING IN FRANCE.

The Enormous Yearly Output of Almost
60, 600. 900 Watches.
A French correspondent sends Us the
following particulars OF the watch trade
OF his country by way of experimenting
what Sir John Bennett said the other day
about Swiss watches:
"Besancon, in the old province of
Franche Comte, is the center of watch
making in France. In 1877 42S, 754
watches, OF which 300, 1853 were silver,
passed Through the Hall marking estab-
lishment. And those watches represented
an amount of "a, 900 900 francs. The
population OF Besancon living upon the
watch industry is 10 900. Besancon pos
sesses a school of horology and an obser-
vatory. This last has n department used
by watch manufacturer for the purpose
of timing watches. The village of Cluses,
also, whose working population Is about
1000, makes watch movements, pinions,
wheels, wheel cutters, keyless works and
sundry detached pieces, such rs barrel
arbors, etc, to the value of 1000. 900
francs; most of that production IL sent to
Switzerland. Cluses possesses also a
school OF matchmaking OF good repute.
Watch glasses are produced in sufficient
quantities mt Trois Fontaines to supply
the whole world. Their value is fixed at
l.3OO, 900 francs.
, 1887-04-15

1t is impossible to glance at the lists of
people who are present at some of the
entertainments given by the new rich in
New York without feeling that some aw-
fully queer fish come to the surface in
this SO called society pond. 1t is not
democracy that rules in these circles, but
a desire for notoriety-to see their names
in the newspapers-that induces both
men and women to make this splurgc,
but which has nc more real social dis
tinction than the down stairs festivities of
ones domestics. People of no social nor
artistic standing drift into these houses,
and, being well dressed, they pass mus
ter among the guests. Third rate artists,
in the elated reporters vision. lend bril-
liancy to these gatherings, and shady
titles stir him to enthusiasm over the
beauty and splendor Of the occasion.
Perhaps it is a musicale, perhaps a re-
ception-it makes no odds if there is only
a jam, a fine supper and plenty of cham
payne. But to those who chance to know
who is who the glowing descriptions read
like a chapter of Thackeray's Book Of
'Snobs. Boston Herald.
, 1887-04-15

"A gentleman in st. Louis said recently
People talk of the old Comstoc,l nine,
but they have little idee what it was,
or what an immense amount of work
was done there. Take the Consoli
dated California aud Virginia. Every
month for nearly four years 1900. 900
feet of lumber was used there for tim
bering-enough to build a large city
three times over. The amount of hoist
ing done was simply wonderful. Eight
hundred men were raised and lowered
three times in the t~wenty-four hours, the
tools were several times a day brought TO
the surface for sharpening, 5000 tons of
ice were lowered for daily use, and 1000
tons OF ore raised to the surface. Men
coming out of the mines on the hottest
day of the summer We're chilled on
striking the surface air, the change was
SO great. You can get some idea OF the
immensely of the works from the fly
wheel at the Union shaft, it alone weigh
ing 100 tons. There is a great deal of
work done on all paying mines, but this
II was a great institution. | am some
times asked if there ever will be such n
mining excitement as there was in those
days in San Francisco. | don't see why
there shouldn't be, and I think there
may be sometime, but another Comstock
will have to be discovered first. This is
the only thing necessary. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
, 1887-04-15

A few years ago there also existed In
Russia a sort of private police system
which was so peculiar in organization arl
conduct that II description of it may be-
interesting. Ii was called the ''lioly
League. The death of Car Alexander
ii terrified h people no less than TIE
courts. The Holy league was an associa-
ton OF loyal people to protect the young
ear. who might well have exclaimed
with Henry ": May the Lord deliver
me from my friends; l can take care of
my enemies myself The idea of the
association was to protect the young car
from the fate of his father. The Holy
league (Loiataja druzina) wa a secret
order, or brotherhood. The members,
among them many of the nobility.
formed a sort OF unpaid volunteer police
corps. The founders of the league had
the idea that they must fight the Nihilists
with their W weapons, and so every
thing was conducted with ominous sec
cesy. One scheme was to offer rewards
to workmen and peasants for information
about revolutionists or their affairs. This
led only to futile endeavor5 to follow up
false scents.
The folly of the heads of the league
went 50 far IS to attempt to initiate the
Nihilists in secret associations and warn
~ings-even to send men to Switzerland
and England to put out of the way living
Nilrilists. Like every novel proposition.
however foolish, the plan found numer-
Gus enthusiastic supporters among the
loyal people. 1t wa received with joyful
applause. Many, among them the Jews.
contributed money to the undertaking
with great ostentation, in order to show
their loyalty. But the league was a mere
fasco. They captured few Nihilists, and
indeed more police officers. On the other
hand, many of the so called Nihilists ar
rested by the policemen were shown to b.
members of the Holy league. So the league
brought confusion into the conduct of the
government and died after a year of spas
modic life. The amount of contributions
was about 1925, 900, which was so skill
fully managed by the gracious premier.
who acted as treasurer, that there was
nothing left in the treasury at the end of
the year.-Frederick Owen in Kansas
City Times.
, 1887-04-15

Professor Barker of the Pennsylvania
university, by accident, set Edison's mind
at work upon the electric light. Barker
some years ago was invited to witness a
large dynamo built by Wallace Of An
sonia. Conn.,, and asked Edison to go with
him. Edison was then busy with his
telephone and p%honograph, and had
thought of the electric light only as hints
of it, with a thousand other hints, came
10 him while in his laboratory. But as
he stood with Barker watching this big
wheel in Wallace's factory, he saw some
hing which suggested to him the divisi-
Llity of the light. Barker says it was as
COOL rs a play to watch Edison that day.
He returned to his workshop, put his
o;lar schemes aside, and proposed to give
five years, if necessary, to working out
his discovery. He did 1t in less time
New York Sun.
, 1887-04-15

CoNvlcTs must be employed some
where, and if their labor be productive it
must tend by competition to cheaper the
product and therefore reduce the wages Of
tree labor. Even If all convicts were IN
ployed on public works, that also would
be a source Of compliant. as the work done
BY them would otherwise furnish wages to
other. There is but one place and one
emplo,men to which no possible objec-
ton could be made. send them TO Alaska
70 shovel snow.
, 1887-04-15

The American Antiquarian describes a
rock painted with red stripes and orna-
mented at its northern end with a rude
representation of the sun, which still lies
on the Upper Mississippi about six miles
below st. Paul. 1t is an altar long held
in reverence by the Dakotahs, who as
lately as 1868 decorated it and performed
dances before it on the eve of a battle. 1t
is called Eyay Shah, or Red Rock. Be
fore it is destroyed by vandals or fanatics.
or stolen by interested persons, it is to be
hoped that some local museum will secure
this interesting relic of primitive religion.
Chicago Tribune.
, 1887-04-15

An INFLUENTIAL Democratic news
paper i'll San Francisco has been trying to
boom William 7. Coleman for the presi-
Dental nomination. The possession OF
twenty millions is considered sufficient
counterpoise TO the fact that Mr.. Coleman
is wholly unknown to the country. Per
haps the suggestion was intended as a
Joke. Certainly the tine has not yet
come for putting the presi 4ency at auction
to the highest bidder.
, 1887-04-15
sLeep--A SONNET.

We sleep and dream. Who hns not seen and met
His heart desire in that charmed palace deep.
And Rugged the happiness he could not keep.
or kissed an ideal he could never sci
In place OF waking facts Thus from the fret
And toll Of life. We enter. wandering deep
Through the long corridors. where dreams, that
steep
our soul, with gladness. vile Us to forget
That they are dreams. Here in the s,r-ping
place
We come into the presence, face to face.
OF ~!ongings realized; here stretch our hands
To touch some well remembered form Of yore.
And speak tho words We should have spoke
before
Our friends passed from US into distant lands,
Chambers Journal.
, 1887-04-15

FRANCE has received assurance from
Great Britain hat the latter power enter
tains no hostile designs on Hayti. The
indemnify demanded has been reduced
from $1,000. 900 TO 100000, a sum
which, with French help. can easily be
be paid. Unfortunately, the Monroe doc
trine would apply to French as well as to
British control In fact, that doctrine is
likely to be first invoked in reference to
the French inter-occanic canal, if that en-
terprise should succeed.
, 1887-04-15

Is SPITE OF the law to the contrary, i'm
portations of Cinnamon continue to be
made at the ports of California. Many
Of the Chinese now attempting to enter
the country are provided with fraudulent
return certificates. Others come to Brit
ish Columbia and then CROPS the frontier
in evasion of law. All this goes to show
the necessity Of enacting more stringent
restrictions as well as extending the time
during which the present law shall be in
force.
, 1887-04-15

FROM the debate in parliament yester-
day it is evident that the ministry wishes
TO avoid an appeal to the people on the
coercion bill. KING Harmon. recently ap-
pointed under secretary for Ireland, ought
according TO precedent to resigr his seat
and seek reelection. This will not be
done because the Tories claim that the
Office, being without salary, is not one of
profit and cmolument under the crown.
, 1887-04-15

Mexico seems inclined to abolish tariff
duties on imports from the United States,
if a reciprocal arrangement can be effected.
Certainly this country would have greatly
the better OF such a bargain, in the ad-
vantageous market thus afforded for man.
ufactures of all kinds.
, 1887-04-15
A MEASURE is soon to be submitted t.

A MEASURE is soon to be submitted to
the Canadian parliament giving the
Northwest Territory representation in the
senate. Like the territories of the
United States, it is already represented in
the house. The federal system OF the
Dominion was closely modelled after the
American, but in several respects it goes
a step beyond.
, 1887-04-15

FROM all accounts of Gen. Logan's
forthcoming book, the injustice which
that officer in his lifetime bore in silence
is to be amply avenged by a new chapter
of recrimination on the blunders of the
var, though IL long suffering public be-
gins to weary of the theme.
, 1887-04-15

THE character of Hamlet has recent
ly been presented in a novel manner at
New York by Wilson Barrett. SO robust
and muscular does he make the melancholy
Dane appear hat one critic says he plays
John l.. Hamlet, Esq"
, 1887-04-15

| have used Chamberlain cough
Remedy. IN fact will now use no other
kind. II promptly relieves coughs and Is
unequalled for the throat and lungs.
Robert A. Nef. comedian with Peck's
Bad Boy company, Denver, Colo. March
], 1887. Chamberlain Cough Remedy
is sold by W. N. Hunt, druggist.
, 1887-04-15

\ NATIONAL bank in Texas has been
detected in the sharp practice of pur-
posely mutilating currency to soud it for
redemption to the treasury at Washington.
1t is supposed that the object was to Sc
cure exchange ON New York at the ex-
pense Of the government.
, 1887-04-15

DON PEDRO, emperor OF Brazil, is said
to be so seriously i'll that little hope is
entertained of his recovery. He is the
most enlightened and progressive of
r%eigning sovereigns and his loss would be
severely felt and sincerely mourned by his
noonlo
, 1887-04-15

SALES of Canadian fish in the United
States last year amounted to 5 $1,000, 900.
1t is going to cost the Dominion some
thing If she keeps up her foolishness
much longer. Peace hath her victories
no lessyenowned and far less disagreeable
than those OF war.
, 1887-04-15
WYOMING has plenty of room for all
the railroads that want to come.

\ Bill is pending in the PENNSYLVANIA
legislature to increas the member of secu-
lar holidays to thirteen. This would leave
300 working DAYS in the year. which are
anounh
, 1887-04-15

Ash elected from Cotopaxi in July,
1850. has Welded two-hfths of a troy
ounc" of aiivcr TO the ton. This metal
ln' hitherto been unknown among vol
Caiie piodlcts Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1887-04-15

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
LAYS tho pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrhus. Twenty-Five
cents . bottle.
, 1887-04-15
FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 1857.


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, 1887-04-15

Aeeouni al Banks. Bankers and Corporations
solicited.
our facilities for COLI CTIONs are excellent
and We re-discount Tor Banks when balances
warrant II
Boston Is a Reserve CITY, and balances with us
from Banks mot located Ia other KeserS. ,itiesl
count rs IA reserve.
We draw our own Exchange on London and
the Continent, and make able transfers and
place money by lie esraph throughout the Uni
lei Stafcs n q Canada
Government Bonds bought and sold, and E1-
changes In " ashington made FOR Banks without
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States, Ounfles and Cities wneu issuing bonds.
v do a general Banking business, and invite
sorresi oudence.
A-A POTTER. president.
JOS. ". WORK Cashier.
, 1887-04-15

Daily, delivered by carrier, 25c per week,
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months, $40 per year. II advance.
Weekly s2D per aniiim, Sl.O for six months,
> PAYABLE In advance.
, 1887-04-15

Everything which belongs to pure,
healthy blood is impaired by Hoods Sar.
saparilla. A trial will convince you Of its
merit.
, 1887-04-15

Letter heads. bill heads and note beads
at the Leader Office.
, 1887-04-15
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sRnOIALIsTs

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THAI the surgeon or physician who by close ap-
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YOUNG MEN
Who may be suffering from the effects OF youth
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There are many men who die OF this difficulty
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the Denver Daily News and Tribune Republi-
can.
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i4ii L.arimer street Address. Box 27sS. Denver.
Colorado.
Cut this out and take along.
, 1887-04-15

Courtesy of hvo. Arch
, 1887-04-15

lSucccssor to II. s.. Oliver, FIRE INSURANCE.
None but time tried and fire tested compani. /.
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
, 1887-04-15

ID. G. BAIRD and A. G. CAMPBELL), Al
torneys-at-Law and Notaries Public, Gle,
second floor, ST bbins & Post 5 bank blocI
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

Ing snd Sh6kf1ssn6ro ~ ID. NJ
his peEks IT, stosf1Ted beute, soofinr "A
agonys wasc aawtng and hitting madly G
his euemyss sca1y hsed, and liking his 9reeS
hindcla tAe esooodne's comparaAvsiy
epeexing sofe thtoee ripping y openlSons
would nna e1ove.
Then Al Of q sudden the end cana. The
Hons head feIl forward on tho crocodile,s
bach. and with an awful groan he died;
and the crocodile, after standing for 4
minute motionless, slowly rolled oyer on
to his eide, his jaws still fixed across the
carcass Of the lion, which No afterward
found he had bitten almost in hall.
This duel to the death was . wonderful
and . shocking sight, and one that I sup
pose few men have seen, and thus Il tended.
When Il was all over, leaving Mahomed
to keep q lookout, we managed to spend
the rest Of the night as quietly a. the mos
quitoes would Let M,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
Lucky cairo;tes.

Cairo, (Ill.) Argus: The St. Louis
and Tennessee river packet w. II.
Cherry, was here to-day, and her com.
mander and clerk were ii better spir-
its than usual, for a very good reason.
They drew out of the City National
bsnk $4,000 the bank had collected for
them on one-tenth of ticket No. Il 1922
in the drawing of the 18th inst. of the
Louisiana State Lottery. The ticket
drew $4,000, making their share as
stated. Capt. Lem Hill. q Carioi!e
from way back, is the commander of
the Cherry, and Harry Crane, o of
Capt. John Crane of the I. b. Sims,
the clerk. They are two as
clever and popular gentlemen as
run on the western rivers, and their
many Cairo friends will be happy over
any good fortune that falls to their lot.
Capt. Hill and Mr.. Crane have y
invested heavily in the lottery, but &C.
casionally have bought . ticket or two
in partnership, more for tue little finn
or excitement attending ventures on
chance. however small, than from ex-
p~ectation of drawing anything of much
Importance, hence when their ticket,
or fraction of q ticket, in the drawing
OF the 18th turned up worth 8 1000,
they were moro surprised than any
body.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
A Chinese complexion.

When observed In one OF the. Caucasian
race, Is indicative Of bile In the bl. cd. Who
ihibit tho hue of health on cheek and. brow
tors, IN antagonist at whose onset liver
the t. ngue. nausea, sick headache, pains
unsSr the fight ribs and shoulder blade, an
a%nnleasantly odorous breath. are rene
.;oes NOT, like q potent cathartic. drench
TIA intestines or. like mercurial ,Prepara-
the liver. but the stomach ana bowels are
aroused, t,,nei and regulated by this fine
family medicine, which has won the comb
sta; ting assertions. on its behalf. but 81
the consistency of the claims made for Il
with Its performance In every instance
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

iliig II ;.uu I'VE launching tubeS for
d~ischarging torpedoes.
Tho Newark will be twin screw ves-
sci of 4,083 tons displacement, 80 feet
long, 40 feet II inches wide, with a
draught of 18 feet 8 inches of water.
The vessel will DO provided with auxil-
larry sail power. the rig being that of a
bark, and will carry a complement of
3O0Uen. she is exrectsd to develops
5000 horse power with natural draft,
or $500 horse power with forced draft,
and to attain a speed of eighteen knots
per hour. The battery will consist of
twelve six-inch breech-loading steel
rifles, six revolving and two single shot
Hotchkiss cannon, N Calling gun aud
six launching tubes for ~discharging
torpedocs.
The Charleston will be practically a
duplicate of a ship recently built in
England for the government of Japan,
the Naniwa-Kan, which has proved to
be the fastest vessel of her class in the
world. This ship is 800 feet long, 46
feet wide, with an average draft of IS
feet 6 inches of water and a displace-
mcnt of $3.50 tons. Tho complement
of men is 32J. Her coal carrying ca
pacity is sufficient for q voyage of
$500 miles at ten knots per hour, or
1000 miles at eighteen knots.
The armament consists of two ten
inch breech-losding steel rifles, capa-
bic Of piercing twenty inches of solid
wrought iron armor; six: six-inch steel
rifles, u number of Calling guns and
five launching tubes for torpedoes.
"wAys Has nc been racing with any onel"
"No; hut he runs away from us every day
Is easily as the Volunteer dot 8 fromthe Z sst.' ~
"Umphi Iguess . spanking breeze WI
put him ON another tack.s
-Fsrmer's wife-sY must 20 home. I have
q great deal to do; we are going to kill an o.
tc.day.n Frau professor-HW6atl you kilar
] nt're OF 1t ouce}",
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
Would Sit in II.

Town Topics: Guest-I rang for
some ice cream. Send me up 800
worth.
Waiter--But, sir, nobody can eat
$lG0 worth of ice cream.
Grest-Who said l was going to cat
itq I'm going TO put IL ltle bath
tub and sit in it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

AT Rouen there has hccn unveiled .
statue of Armand c lrrel, the noted Republi.
can journalist, the associate Of Theirs and
Mtgnet In founding 1.-THE Nationals
NO microbes have ever been found in &c.
bacco. They are probably afraid that devo.
ttcn to the weed would fpjure their constttu.
items.
The third annual reunion Of tho Twenty.
first Iowa iufsntry will he held at Manchester
September liz and 10.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
THREE NEW CRUISERS.
Lieutenant. Hughes. U. s. N, in the
American Magazine.

Tho Baltimore, the largest of the
cruisers, will be 3s5 feet long, So feet
wide. with q draught of 10 feet 6
inches of water and a displacement of
4,4l3 tons. She will carry u crew of
800 men. Tho engines will be of the
tripplc-cxpansion compound type, de-
vcloping $500 horse Ipower with a
natural draft and 10000 horse power
with forced combustion. The ship will
have twin prope'lers, and is expected
to attain 81 speed of nineteen and a